rotatory

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So, when it comes to rotating players, is it really any wonder that managers are increasingly choosing to use domestic cup competitions as rotatory playgrounds?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Ream, rēm, v.t. to stretch: to enlarge by a rotatory cutter.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

A definite amount of its original rotatory energy is now stored in the central spring and also in the radial springs.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

The condition of the rotatory system might now be described as that of equilibrium.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

The sun's action is thus in a manner to force the inherent rotatory energy of the planet into the cyclical secondary operations, all of which converge alike towards the general atmospheric mechanism of return.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James